Phorum 5.2.16-RC2 released
Posted by Maurice Makaay
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October 14, 2010 04:44PM |
We are happy to be announcing our next stable release of Phorum, version 5.2.16 (release candidate 2)
Because some changes have been made that are not trivial, we release this version as a release candidate, before pushing out a final stable version. If you find any bugs in this release, then please report them to us and we will get them fixed as soon as possible.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version than 5.2.14, then keep the following in mind:
You can download this new release from our downloads page.
Highlights
A totally rewritten version of the Spam Hurdles module (2.0.2)
One of the big changes is that cryptographic technology is used to store work data right in the form data on the client instead of storing all of it in the database. Because of this, the module can now function without database storage at all. Only if the replay attack block is enabled ("Block forms that are submitted multiple times"), the database will be used to store the id's of the forms that have already been submitted. This database storage has been made as light as possible. After the id expires, it will be cleaned up from the database. We hope that this change will help those admins with busy forums that currently see the spam_hurdles table fill up rapidly in their databases.
Another change is that this new version of the module does support protecting the PM system as well. Note that you might need to update your pm_post.tpl as per changeset 4610 (addition of the tpl_pm_editor_before_textarea template hook).
If you have troubles with this new Spam Hurdles module, then use this thread to report them.
Improvements to the user management in the admin interface
Joe Curia has done some great work on the user management in the admin interface. The search form has been extended with extra options. Changes were done to improve the overall workflow of the user management (e.g. by keeping track of the page from which you come when clicking through to a user detail screen, making it possible to return to that same page and not simply to the first page). It is now possible to change a user's username.
Inclusion of the excellent jQuery javascript library
The jQuery library (version 1.4.2) has been added as a standard javascript library for Phorum. In Phorum 5.3, we will make extensive use of this library as the underlying layer for the Phorum javascript library (you can already see where this is going in the 5.3 development tree). If you want to make use of jQuery code in your Phorum javascript code, then you can access the bundled jQuery library using the $PJ (Phorum Jquery) variable. We do not use the standard $ variable, to prevent running into collisions with possible other js frameworks that might be using $ already.
A wide range of new hooks
Extra hooks in the phorum_output() code to provide extra and more fine grained control to modules that want to hook into the output phase. New hooks: output_templates, output_templates_<page>, start_output_<page>, after_header_<page>, before_footer_<page>, end_output_<page>
Other new hooks (lots of them contributed as patches by Markus Fisher): tpl_profile, tpl_cc_start, event_logging_writelog, admin_menu, admin_forum_delete, posting_action_cancel_post and posting_action_edit_post.
Full Changelog for this release
Full Changelog for 5.2.16-RC1
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2010 03:26PM by Maurice Makaay.
Because some changes have been made that are not trivial, we release this version as a release candidate, before pushing out a final stable version. If you find any bugs in this release, then please report them to us and we will get them fixed as soon as possible.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version than 5.2.14, then keep the following in mind:
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5.2.14 Announcement
Unfortunately this release also includes 3 template fixes which you might need to port to your custom template if you got them:
[trac.phorum.org] (a fix for the author's profile url in the unapproved messages panel)
[trac.phorum.org] (some fixes for the classic template, only needed you run a template derived from classic)
[trac.phorum.org] (fixes in the group membership panel so that users can actually join groups again)
You can download this new release from our downloads page.
Highlights
A totally rewritten version of the Spam Hurdles module (2.0.2)
One of the big changes is that cryptographic technology is used to store work data right in the form data on the client instead of storing all of it in the database. Because of this, the module can now function without database storage at all. Only if the replay attack block is enabled ("Block forms that are submitted multiple times"), the database will be used to store the id's of the forms that have already been submitted. This database storage has been made as light as possible. After the id expires, it will be cleaned up from the database. We hope that this change will help those admins with busy forums that currently see the spam_hurdles table fill up rapidly in their databases.
Another change is that this new version of the module does support protecting the PM system as well. Note that you might need to update your pm_post.tpl as per changeset 4610 (addition of the tpl_pm_editor_before_textarea template hook).
If you have troubles with this new Spam Hurdles module, then use this thread to report them.
Improvements to the user management in the admin interface
Joe Curia has done some great work on the user management in the admin interface. The search form has been extended with extra options. Changes were done to improve the overall workflow of the user management (e.g. by keeping track of the page from which you come when clicking through to a user detail screen, making it possible to return to that same page and not simply to the first page). It is now possible to change a user's username.
Inclusion of the excellent jQuery javascript library
The jQuery library (version 1.4.2) has been added as a standard javascript library for Phorum. In Phorum 5.3, we will make extensive use of this library as the underlying layer for the Phorum javascript library (you can already see where this is going in the 5.3 development tree). If you want to make use of jQuery code in your Phorum javascript code, then you can access the bundled jQuery library using the $PJ (Phorum Jquery) variable. We do not use the standard $ variable, to prevent running into collisions with possible other js frameworks that might be using $ already.
A wide range of new hooks
Extra hooks in the phorum_output() code to provide extra and more fine grained control to modules that want to hook into the output phase. New hooks: output_templates, output_templates_<page>, start_output_<page>, after_header_<page>, before_footer_<page>, end_output_<page>
Other new hooks (lots of them contributed as patches by Markus Fisher): tpl_profile, tpl_cc_start, event_logging_writelog, admin_menu, admin_forum_delete, posting_action_cancel_post and posting_action_edit_post.
Full Changelog for this release
2010-11-29 17:08 ts77 * show the current controlcenter panel also in the breadcrumbs and the page title 2010-11-16 18:51 mmakaay * Load defaults.php file, so an unconfigured username restrictions module will not trigger PHP warnings because of undefined settings. 2010-11-16 11:58 mmakaay * Added an API function phorum_api_user_get_active_user(), which can be used to retrieve the data for the currently active (i.e. logged in) Phorum user. When no user is logged in, then the function will return NULL. 2010-11-12 07:43 mmakaay * When passing $return_threads = TRUE to phorum_db_search() while searching for messages posted by a given user ($match_type = USER_ID), the function will now only return the thread starter messages that were posted by the user that is being searched on. 2010-11-06 22:57 ts77 * added bbcode option to add nofollow only to external urls. 2010-11-02 10:17 ts77 * added new hook user_save_groups 2010-10-28 21:14 mmakaay * Added overflow: hidden to the generic div, so floated content inside these divs will be correctly wrapped by the div. 2010-10-28 21:08 mmakaay * The Phorum JavaScript library (jQuery + the Phorum javascript code) is now available from within the admin interface as well. Template specific javascript code and javascript code that is supplied by modules are not included in the package that is loaded by the admin interface (to prevent loading code that might be assuming to be run in the Phorum front end.) 2010-10-26 13:58 mmakaay * Added a hook "after_post_redirect" that can be used to tweak the redirect URL that is used for redirecting the user after posting a forum message. 2010-10-22 09:43 mmakaay * Implemented phorum_api_image_supported() and phorum_api_http_get_supported() which can be used to check if the hosting platform supports the respective Phorum API layers. 2010-10-22 00:35 mmakaay * Changes in the BBcode callback handling, to provide callback handlers with the message that is being parsed. This way, the callback code can perform actions that need to be context-aware. Also, deprecated the use of dl() calls in the http_get and image APIs. This is done because of the following warning on the PHP site: "This function has been removed from some SAPI's in PHP 5.3" 2010-10-16 22:32 mmakaay * Modified placement of the #REPLY anchor in the templates (moved from the start of posting.tpl to the end of read.tpl). This takes care of letting the page jump down when the user click "Reply" and the "Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum" message is showing down there. 2010-10-15 21:20 mmakaay * Feeds were not disabled when disabling them from the admin interface settings. They were only hidden from the templates. Therefore calling the feed script to load feed data still worked. This bug is fixed by this release. When disabling the feed option, the feed.php script will block access to the feeds too now. 2010-10-15 16:09 mmakaay * Fixes to improve the Modified-Since handling for javascript and CSS caching.
Full Changelog for 5.2.16-RC1
2010-10-14 23:56 mmakaay
* Fixed a problem with CSS and JavaScript caching not automatically refreshing.
Because the the cache key was not MD5'ed, the cache key could grow too large
for the memcached caching layer.
2010-10-11 23:44 mmakaay
* Added a work-around for the Spam Hurdles ASCII art CAPTCHA in
combination with browsers in which the monospace font was set to a
proportional font. The font now is configured as Courier New and
Courier, before falling back to the monospace option that is
controlled by the browser.
2010-10-11 23:28 mmakaay
* Release Spam Hurdles version 2.0.2 as the default version for both
Phorum 5.2 and the Phorum development trunk.
2010-07-16 12:02 ts77
* added attachments as input to the send_email hook (thanks to
Oliver Riesen)
2010-07-04 20:45 ts77
* invalidate message cache on approval, thanks to Markus Fischer
(#961)
2010-07-04 20:07 ts77
* applied patches from Joe Curia for enhanced Edit User Panel
2010-06-30 14:18 ts77
* formatting and escaping announcements correctly now (closing a
possible security issue), thanks to Patrick Kaiser
2010-06-30 14:00 ts77
* checking correctly for jpeg support in php 5.3 too, thanks to
phorum user nedanko in #948 for the report.
2010-06-30 13:52 ts77
* New hooks: admin_forum_delete, posting_action_cancel_post,
posting_action_edit_post, thanks to Markus Fischer (closing #949)
2010-06-30 13:43 ts77
* added new admin menu hook, thanks for the thorough implementation
to Markus Fischer (#945)
2010-06-30 13:27 ts77
* User deletion - clearing recent message data, thanks to Markus
Fischer (closing #946)
2010-06-30 13:24 ts77
* event_logging: hook to intercept $loginfo, thanks to Markus
Fischer (closing #947)
2010-06-30 13:20 ts77
* Add "message" and "details" filter capability to mod
event_logging, thanks to Markus Fischer (closing #942)
2010-06-30 13:15 ts77
* phorum_cache_put() verify fopen() call, thanks to Markus Fischer
(closing #943)
2010-06-10 13:16 mmakaay
* Added the jQuery library to 5.2 and the $PJ compatbility wrapper
to prevent collissions with possible other js frameworks that
might be using $ already.
2010-06-10 12:53 mmakaay
* Fixing editor tools popups in a page that uses relative and/or
absolute CSS positioning for layout.
2010-05-23 21:00 mmakaay
* Fix for #952: Malformed javascript in form_objects.js.php
2010-05-20 09:46 ts77
* fixed timezone setting in forum settings panel. it got off with
dst enabled (closing #950, thanks to Phorum user Skye for the
notice)
2010-04-23 22:45 mmakaay
* Added extra hooks in the phorum_output() code to provide extra and
more fine grained control to modules that want to hook into the
output phase. New hooks: output_templates,
output_templates_<page>, start_output_<page>, after_header_<page>,
before_footer_<page>, end_output_<page>.
2010-04-19 15:20 ts77
* added two new template hooks: tpl_profile and tpl_cc_start in the
relevant templates
2010-04-16 14:32 mmakaay
* Added missing language strings to BBcode mod.
2010-04-01 21:52 mmakaay
* Fixed some hook documentation issues.
2010-03-31 13:13 mmakaay
* Bug fix: do not update the last_post_time of a forum in case a
message is approved that was posted before the active
last_post_time of that forum.
2010-03-26 12:55 ts77
* fixed pm_send_init hook, thanks to Charlie Brown (in #941)
2010-03-18 12:20 mmakaay
* Fix for #938: client.js.php steps on javascript Phorum object The
way in which existence of the Phorum object was checked was wrong
because of some legacy code in the Ajax js lib. This change should
fix the issue.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauceEdited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2010 03:26PM by Maurice Makaay.
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October 14, 2010 04:46PM |
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October 14, 2010 05:12PM |
Congrats, Maurice! ;-)
I just upgraded this forum to 5.2.16-RC1.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
I just upgraded this forum to 5.2.16-RC1.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
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October 15, 2010 03:56AM |
In this release, the database layer code was modified to do all inserts for new flags handling in one query instead of using separate insert queries. This provides a really good speed improvement when a user hits a read page with a lot of messages on it. However, there was a small bug in this code. I fixed the bug and repackaged the RC1 distribution.
If you installed the RC1 release before this message, then you on have to copy the file include/db/mysql.php to your installation to get the fix included.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
If you installed the RC1 release before this message, then you on have to copy the file include/db/mysql.php to your installation to get the fix included.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
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October 15, 2010 12:24PM |
Admins who load a jQuery library already for their site and who want to spare some resources, can install the module Disable Bundled jQuery.
This is a fresh module. If you have troubles using it, then please report your issue in the module's thread.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
This is a fresh module. If you have troubles using it, then please report your issue in the module's thread.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
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October 18, 2010 11:25AM |
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November 16, 2010 11:08AM |
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December 01, 2010 03:27PM |
Version 5.2.16-RC2 is released. Check the start of this thread for the changes since 5.2.16-RC1.
These forums have also been upgraded to 5.2.16-RC2.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauce
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2010 03:35PM by Maurice Makaay.
These forums have also been upgraded to 5.2.16-RC2.
Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
my blog linkedin profile secret sauceEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2010 03:35PM by Maurice Makaay.
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